Wordy Birdy (Hardcover)

Staff Reviews

﻿I love this book! It has great pictures, and a funny story, and woodland animals, and a lesson! It's colorful and exciting and no one's friends abandon them to be eaten by bears even if they talk too much - like really really too much - and never listen. You should probably read it and then read it again and then read it out loud to someone and then read it out loud to someone else. It's great! — Angela (RBB Staff)

Spring 2018 Kids’ Indie Next List

“I love this book! It has great pictures, a funny story, woodland animals, and a lesson! It's colorful and exciting, and no one's friends abandon them to be eaten by bears even if they talk too much - like really, really too much - and never listen. You should probably read it and then read it again and then read it out loud to someone and then read it out loud to someone else. It's great!”
— Angela Whited, The Red Balloon Bookshop, Saint Paul, MN

Description

Meet Wordy Birdy, a very chatty bird who talks WAY more than she listens A hilarious new story from Tammi Sauer, beloved author of Nugget & Fang, Chicken Dance, and My Alien.

Wordy Birdy LOVES to talk. "Hello, sunrise. Hello, pink sky. Hello, orange sky. . . ." But does she love to listen? NOPE. One day, while she's walking through the forest, her gift of the gab gets her into hot water: "That's a pretty tree and that's a pretty tree and that's a pretty danger sign and that's a pretty tree. . . ." Will this inattentive bird walk right into danger? Will her faraway thoughts lead her along a path of doom? It's up to her long-suffering, heard-it-all-before pals Squirrel, Raccoon, and Rabbit to save their distracted friend.

Author Tammi Sauer will have kids and their parents in stitches with this funny, fast-paced, lovable caper about the importance of paying attention--and the importance of standing by your friends through thick and thin.

About the Author

TAMMI SAUER is a full-time children's book author who presents at schools and conferences across the nation. She is the author of twenty-eight picture books, including Wordy Birdy, Cowboy Camp, Chicken Dance, Nugget & Fang, and Princess in Training. In addition to winning awards, Tammi's books have gone on to do great things: Chicken Dance: The Musical is on a national tour, and Your Alien, an NPR Best Book, has been published in French, Italian, Korean, and Spanish. Tammi and her family live in Edmond, Oklahoma. Visit her online at tammisauer.com. DAVE MOTTRAM is a designer and illustrator working in Ohio. He has illustrated Wordy Birdy, Race Car Dreams, which Kirkus called "clever, bouncy fun," and Oy Vey! Life in a Shoe. He also works with the Khan Academy on educational apps for young children. To learn more about Dave's work, visit him at davemottram.com.